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Listen- Conjugation : past discriminated; ing discriminating
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Collins English-English Dictionary
- discriminate
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[intr;
usually foll by in favour ofor against] to single out a particular person, group, etc, for special favour or, esp, disfavour, often because of a characteristic such as race, colour, sex, intelligence, etc -
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[
when intr,foll by betweenor among] to recognize or understand the difference (between); distinguish- to discriminate right and wrong
- to discriminate between right and wrong
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[intr]
to constitute or mark a difference
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[intr]
to be discerning in matters of taste
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adj
showing or marked by discrimination
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adj
[Etymology]
C17: from Latin discr
i mina re to divide, from discri men a separation, from discernere todiscern
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Examples
- to discriminate right and wrong → discriminate
- to discriminate between right and wrong → discriminate
- 歧视妇女
- discriminate against women → 歧视
- 排除异己
- discriminate against those who hold different views; get rid of dissidents → 异己
- 厚此薄彼
- favour one and be prejudiced against the other; favour one and discriminate against the other → 厚
- 辨析同义词
- discriminate between synonyms → 辨析
- 不要歧视残疾人。
- Don't discriminate against handicapped people. → 歧视
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